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Four Recordings: New Music for Orchestra

Four recent discs of newish orchestral music, much of it conceived on a grand scale, suggest all is well in the world of contemporary composition. Gabriela Ortiz’s new album with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil is a multi-faceted jewel. The … »
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A Weekend with Botstein and Martinu

Every summer the Bard Music Festival offers two consecutive weekends of concerts, panel discussions, lectures, and a volume of scholarly essays devoted to exploring the life and work of a single composer. The subject is often a well-known name, … »
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At the Proms: The LPO Unveils a Tippett Rarity

LONDON—The BBC Proms season continued apace on August 10, with a neatly themed program by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Royal Albert Hall. Principal Conductor Edward Gardner took water as his inspiration leading three early … »
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The Kronos Buzzes Cinci's Summermusik

On Aug. 9 the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) teamed up with the Kronos String Quartet for a Summermusik Festival program devoted to “trailblazers.” The Kronos, now entering its sixth decade with only one of the original four … »
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Siddhartha, She Premieres at Aspen; Genders Gone Awry

Siddhartha, She bills itself as “A Ritual Music Drama” But at its August 2 Aspen Music Festival world premiere, it was difficult to locate the “drama” in the equation. The work, with music by Christopher Theofanidis … »
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2 New Stagings at Santa Fe: The Haunted and the Heroic

SANTA FE—Two of this summer’s productions posed unusual staging challenges for Santa Fe Opera’s indoor-outdoor theater: The Turn of the Screw , in a rare return after more than four decades, and Die Walküre , which marks … »
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David and Jonathan, West Edge Style

The plot of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s David and Jonathan is standard opera fare—two young people fall in love and face tragic interference by one lover’s father. The West Edge Opera festival’s new staging, however, adds a … »
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Santa Fe's New Figaro: Perfect Timing

SANTA FE—The plot of The Marriage of Figaro can feel like a dizzying maze of deceptions and deferred revelations—its intricate turns threatening to overwhelm the human stakes. But in Santa Fe Opera’s ingeniously paced staging, … »
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'Queer Trailblazers' Preside at Cabrillo Fest

SANTA CRUZ, California—Last weekend, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music opened its 63rd season. Reaching that number with such an uncompromising mission is an achievement in itself. So is the 50th anniversary of Santa Cruz being … »
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Grant Park O's Neruda Songs as Gentle Antidote to Lollapalooza

CHICAGO—For one weekend every August, Lollapalooza, Chicago’s pop music mega-festival, moves into the south end of the city’s long stretch of downtown parkland. And every Lollapalooza weekend, the Grant Park Orchestra, based in … »
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